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== The DICOM Image Format ==

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a comprehensive set of standards for handling, storing and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communication protocol. 

Listed below are important DICOM documents:

 * [[http://medical.nema.org/|DICOM Homepage]]
 * [[http://dclunie.com/medical-image-faq/html/part8.html|DICOM Information Sources]]
 * [[http://dicomctn.wustl.edu/DICOM/ctn-docs/doc_index.html|DICOM CTN Browsable Documents]]